Muazzem Ali laid to rest with state honours

Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and immediate-past High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali was laid to rest with state honours yesterday.  

Muazzem, also a freedom fighter, was given state guard of honour at state guesthouse Padma after his first namaz-e-janaza earlier in the day. Representatives of President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed wreaths on his coffin at the guest house.

His second janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Zohr prayers. He was then laid to rest at Banani graveyard. His qulkhwani will be held tomorrow, said an official.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, former Finance Minister AMA Muhith, former Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Dean of Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of the Vatican to Bangladesh Archbishop George Kocherry, Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das, former diplomats and senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present to show their last respects to Muazzem.